teorainn

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tórand (“boundary, limit”), verbal noun of do·foirndea (“to represent, denote”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲoːɾˠənʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtʲoːɾˠən̠ʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɔːɾˠən̠ʲ/[2]

Noun

teorainn f (genitive singular teorann, nominative plural teorainneacha or teoranna)

  1. limit
  2. boundary
  3. border, frontier
  4. borderline, margin

Declension

Alternative declension

Derived terms

  • dúiche theorann (“borderland”)
  • gan teorainn (“boundless, limitless, unlimited”)
  • i dteorainn le (“bordering on, (living) next to”)
  • luasteorainn (“speed limit”)
  • teorainn luais (“speed limit”)
  • teorannaigh (“delimit; limit, restrict”, verb)
  • teoranta (“limited, restricted, confined”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teorainn theorainn dteorainn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tórann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91

Further reading

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